News Review

Tabloid week

Portrait of John Locke (1632-1704) by Sir Godfrey Kneller
To some, this will be a love story at its fluffiest; to others, it will be a
warning about the dangers of serving alcohol at a venue where you can get
married at very short notice.

The story, told by the Daily Mail, begins at a hotel bar in Las Vegas where a
divorcé, Nick Bond, 30, accidentally spills a drink over the television
presenter Alex Gabrielson, 23. He is apologetic, she is forgiving. They
drink together; they dance... and about 17 hours later, Nick and Alex are
declared man and wife after a 10-minute ceremony at the nearby A Special
Memory wedding chapel.

“I’m the luckiest man alive,” Bond, a financial adviser, told the Mail. “A few
people have said we’re being stupid but we’re young and we are not hurting
anyone. It’s like I am living a dream. Alex is the fittest girl I’ve
pulled.”